Posted by: Sandy Steinman | March 3, 2018

Oil Was Central in Decision to Shrink Bears Ears Monument

The New York Times reports

Even before President Trump officially opened his high-profile review last spring of federal lands protected as national monuments, the Department of Interior was focused on the potential for oil and gas exploration at a protected Utah site, internal agency documents show.

Read full story at Oil Was Central in Decision to Shrink Bears Ears Monument, Emails Show – The New York Times


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